Page Table Contents

To look at the contents of the page directory and page table(s), use the command DP, followed by the address of interest.

DP F:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00010000* 001e0  frame=0009e  0    0  c  A        U  r  P  pageable
%00010000  0009e  frame=0009e  0    0  c  A        U  r  P  pageable
%00011000         vp id=012ae  0    0  c  u        U  r  n  pageable
%00012000  00292  frame=00292  0    0  c  A        U  r  P  pageable

DP 17:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00020000* 001e0  frame=00181  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00020000  00181  frame=00181  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00021000  003d4  frame=003d4  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00022000  0005a  frame=0005a  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable

DP 1F:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00030000* 001e0  frame=003ae  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00030000  003ae  frame=003ae  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00031000  001b5  frame=001b5  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable

DP 27:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00040000* 001e0  frame=00052  0    0  c  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00040000  00052  frame=00052  0    0  c  A        U  W  P  pageable

DP 2F:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00050000* 001e0  frame=00075  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00050000  00075  frame=00075  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable

DP 37:0
 linaddr   frame   pteframe  state res Dc Au CD WT Us rW Pn state
%00060000* 001e0  frame=002ae  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable
%00060000  002ae  frame=002ae  0    0  D  A        U  W  P  pageable

In each case, the first line of output is the data from the page directory.

The field labelled 'frame' is the physical page frame which holds the data at the referenced address.

The 'vp id' is the virtual page identifier for the entry %11000.

'Dc' is Dirty or Clean. 'Au' is Accessed or unaccessed.

'Us' is User (Ring 3) or supervisor (Rings 0 & 2).

'rW' indicates read-only or Writeable. 'Pn' indicates Present or not-present.


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